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As of July 2018, "CVN-81 is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. [...] The Navy plans to request
AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023–FY2028 using
congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy's FY2019 budget submission programs
the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021. The ship is scheduled for delivery to
the Navy in September 2032." (Navy
Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress, 2 July 2018.)

The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding a contract for two aircraft
carriers, CVN-80 and CVN-81, the first of its kind since the 1980s. The company
announced, 31 January 2019, that it received a contract modification valued at $15.2 billion for the
detail design and construction of these two ships. (Read "Navy
Awards Contract for Construction of Two Carriers", at the Navy website.)